Lazio win to prevent Napoli from sealing Serie A title
Friday, 5 May 2023
ROME, May 04 (AP): Lazio kept Napoli from sealing the Serie A title for at least another day by beating Sassuolo 2-0 on Wednesday.
The result means that Napoli needs a point at Udinese to win its first Italian league title since Diego Maradona led the club to its only two championships in 1987 and 1990.
Felipe Anderson put Lazio ahead early with one touch following a ball over the top from Marcos Antonio and then Toma Basic doubled the Roman club's advantage in stoppage time by finishing off a counterattack.
Lazio moved within 15 points of runaway leader Napoli and back into second place ahead of Juventus, which beat Lecce 2-1 earlier.
Relegation-threatened Cremonese held Champions League semifinalist AC Milan 1-1 at the San Siro, where Junior Messias scored a late equalizer for the Rossoneri after David Okereke had put the visitors ahead.
Also, Roma was held to a 1-1 draw at Silvio Berlusconi's Monza.